Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Malaysia
Malaysia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.9741 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia is 0.9741 GPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia peaked at 0.9741 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6141 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Malaysia 82nd out of 134 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.6141 GPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.7769 GPIA | +26.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8178 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8933 GPIA | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 0.856 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9283 GPIA | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9329 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9581 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9634 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9741 GPIA | +1.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.9741 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 98% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.9741 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9741 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6141 GPIA | 0.6141 GPIA | 0.6141 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7973 GPIA | 0.7769 GPIA | 0.8178 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8926 GPIA | 0.856 GPIA | 0.9283 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9515 GPIA | 0.9329 GPIA | 0.9634 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9741 GPIA | 0.9741 GPIA | 0.9741 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 88.9 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.03 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 217,105 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 475,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 460,041 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.64 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.06 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia was 0.9741 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9741 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6141 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Malaysia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malaysia ranks 82nd out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release